Date of source: Friday, July 20, 2012
Sherif Gadallah, a lawyer from Alexandria has submitted a report to the public prosecutor, against the president of the court of appeal, the Grand Imam of Al-Azhar Mosque, the interim Pope of Alexandria as well as President Mohamed Morsy requesting the exclusion of Copts from the committee in...
Date of source: Sunday, August 5, 2012
Today's overview highlights the issue of Dahshūr, where calm has been restored and local residents have appealed to Coptic families who left their houses after unrest in the troubled area to return home. The al-Jamā'ah al-Islāmīyah (Islamic Group) said the Dahshūr clashes did not amount to a...
Date of source: Monday, August 6, 2012
The deadly terror attack that left several Egyptian army officers and soldiers killed or wounded on the borders with the Gaza Strip just as they were beginning to have their iftār (fast-breaking meal in the Muslim holy month of Ramadān) is the focal point of today’s overview which also deals with...
Date of source: Thursday, August 2, 2012
President Muhammad Mūrsī has assigned the Governor of Giza, Dr. 'Alī 'Abd al-Rahmān the task of containing the crisis in Dahshūr, guaranteeing the restoration of security, implementing the law and returning the displaced families to their homes, following the clashes between Christians and Muslims...
Date of source: Saturday, August 4, 2012
Security agencies in Giza identified 16 suspected perpetrators involved in the incidents in the troubled village of Dahshūr, where Copts’ stores and houses were pillaged and burnt during the past few days. [Muhammad Shūmān, al-Ahrām, Aug. 4, p. 4] Read original text in Arabic
Date of source: Saturday, August 4, 2012
At an open fast-breaking meal outside the sit-in protest for ‘Umar ‘Abd al-Rahmān at the US Embassy, Hassan Khalīfah shed tears of joy as he concluded his ten minute speech.
In the picture: Hassan Khalīfah
‘I apologize for going long, but forgive me, it has been nineteen years that I have been in...
Date of source: Tuesday, July 31, 2012
On Thursday, July 26, the family of ‘Umar ‘Abd al-Rahmān ratcheted up their rhetoric in their awareness campaign to free their father. The family issued five demands to President Mursī and invited speakers to comment, some of whom threatened America harshly.
In the picture: Kamāl Hilbāwī
Date of source: Saturday, July 28, 2012
Dr. Muhammad Badī’, General Murshid (Guide) of the Muslim Brotherhood group, and several other leaders held a closed-door meeting in the guide’s office with Ismā'īl Hanīyah, head of the Hamas government in Gaza. They discussed several issues, chiefly the Palestinian issue and how to solve it...
Date of source: Sunday, July 29, 2012
Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs Mike Hammer said Washington would deal with “satisfaction” with Egyptian President Muhammad Mursī and the Muslim Brotherhood. [Author Not Mentioned, al-Ahrām, July 29, p. 1] Read original text in Arabic
Date of source: Saturday, July 28, 2012
Dozens of Copts protested inside the St. Mark Cathedral in the Cairo district of al-'Abbāssīyah on Friday (July 27) to appeal to the Coptic Orthodox Church representatives to withdraw from the constitution-writing assembly which they termed as "sectarian". ['Imād Khalīl, al-Misrī al-Yawm, July 28...